In 2021 woodburning in fires rules have changed. Solid fuels a no no
How will the new rules change what can be used as fuel?
How will the new rules change what can be used as fuel?
Woodburner? New rules does any know what's happening?
- Thread starter SwampDonkey
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. As far as I understand all wood must be seasoned and only smokeless fuels will be sold, I could be wrong though . Now we’ll have the woodburner police Nee maar nee narr. They seem to be saying it must be seasoned wood not wet wood.
- Location
- Isle of Man
We can still burn any old sheyet here. Except we don't have a wood burner!
No one would burn wet wood anyway 
they haven’t made any legislation yet that I know of, no green paper - I think it’s just hot air. At the most, they’ll put further restrictions on efficiency of burners and maybe extend clean air zones. In my humble opinion 
(wait for that to turn round and bite me...)
they haven’t made any legislation yet that I know of, no green paper - I think it’s just hot air. At the most, they’ll put further restrictions on efficiency of burners and maybe extend clean air zones. In my humble opinion (wait for that to turn round and bite me...)
I think it's just to stop people buying those bags of logs at supermarkets, but that must be a very small amount of wood. You couldn't afford to heat your home with that - it would cost a fortune. Burning wet wood is a no-no anyway. Chimney fires here we come! I buy 4 yards of 2 year seasoned wood every year and keep it undercover generally another year before burning it. The heat output from properly seasoned wood is much superior to poorly seasoned wood. Stacking logs is very therapeutic and good exercise you know - except when being helped by a SBD!
I must say sort logs and stacking is very therapeutic
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
LOL we just get a couple of tonnes of old olive wood delivered in a big pile. No sorting and stacking for us - but it's always exciting to see what we'll find when we go and collect a bucket load. Mice? Rats? Dormice? Snakes? Scorpions?
Candy
Biscuit Tin Guardian
- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
I also enjoy building a log pile, especially when assisted by a SBD!
- Location
- The Hague, The Netherlands
Yes I love building a log pile. I order a 1m3 big bag of dried mixed ash/oak/birch. I have to bring little loads through the house to the back. I do not have a SBD but a SCL. Stupid Chocolate Labbydor who tries to steal the logs and nip my bum during my therapeutic stacking!
- Location
- The Hague, The Netherlands
It was a black piste and there was lots of fluffy new white stuff but I managed to find the crusty wind beaten snow. My ski flipped in one direction but my knee refused to move! I heard it pop! We had the piste insurance so my stretcher rescue and ambulance wil cost 50 euro instead of 500!
We bought a trailer load of mixed seasoned wood, we were so used to having our own wood in Scotland we weren’t sure what to buy here. Seems to be good stuff though, plenty of heat output when I lit the woodburner. I also bought a couple of bags of smokeless fuel as the installer said it would be worth trying if I want to keep the fire in for a while, haven’t got around to trying that though.
Cath
MLF Sales Coordinator
Yes , you are right all wood must be seasoned
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
This was how we bought our logs in France . Gaston who was then a very lively 80+ year old man used to bring massive lengths of seasoned wood plus his log splitting attachment , park it on our back field and work away x
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Gaston also used to supply us with free wine from his vineyard , in exchange for the use of one of our fields , it was lethal stuff 
Boogie
Moderator
- Location
- Manchester UK
My brother grows his own, he has a thirty acre wood. He dries it well and runs two houses (my niece’s and his) central heating and wood burners on it. They have solar panels for electricity and are self sufficient for fuel and water.
I’m moving in there come the apocalypse!
I’m moving in there come the apocalypse!
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
The bloke in blue looks like he put his hand in the chopper and lost it! Camera angle and all.....